Green Woodpecker Southill

I was out and about this morning and ended up in Southill Village on route to Broom, I stopped by the playing fields at the south end of the Village and had some great views of the local Green Woodpecker.

I returned later with Jim P to the same spot and in the space of 1/2 -3/4 of an hour we had Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, Fieldfare & Redwing all in the playing fields at the same time as well as the Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, and a small flock of finches containing Gold, Green, Siskin & Redpoll? We also had close fly by views of Red Kite and Buzzard . All in all a very pleasant and fruitful visit.

Happy New Year everyone, good birding to all in 2017.

Green Woodpecker

Green Woodpecker, Potton, 2nd December 2015 by Ray Piercy. An odd coloured bird.

Out and About In Beds May/June 2012

Crow Stockgrove

Goldfinch 

Blackbird

Coot Nest Tiddenfoot

Blue Tit

Collard Dove

Great Tit Tiddenfoot

Green Woodpecker Stockgrove

Greenfinch

Grey Heron Rushmere

Grey Lag Goose Woburn

Grey Wagtail Tiddenfoot

Grey Wagtail Tiddenfoot

House sparrow

Jay Stockgrove

Jackdaw

Kestral Woburn

Lapwing MVCP

Blackbird

Mallard Tiddenfoot

Manderine Duck Tiddenfoot

Marsh Tit Stockgrove

Little Grebe MVCP

Nuthatch Stockgrove

Robin

Song Thrush Stockgrove

Starling

Starling

Tufted Duck MVCP

great Crested Grebe Tiddenfoot

Various Pictures from my Garden in Leighton Buzzard, MVCP, Stockgrove, Rushmere, Woburn & Tiddenfoot during May/June 2012. Arn't we lucky to have such great places close to hand.

Some more visitors to our Clifton garden this year

All were again taken through the closed window. The Tree Sparrow is really just a record shot to prove it was there. I got better shots here in Feb 2009

Green Woodpeckers

Male (top) and female Green Woodpeckers trapped and ringed at Beeston

Willington. 3rd August 2009.

I spent a couple of hours at Willington, first thing, getting back into the swing of things after a lengthy lay off. A few common terns present and a few green sandpipers.

There were quite a few young goldfinches around and what seemed to be good numbers of green woodpecker. Plenty of butterflies everywhere and on the way back to the car at least 2 young wrens clambering around waiting for the parents to feed them.

Juvenile Green Woodpecker

Probably left its nest hole this morning (23/06). No sign of parents.